September 2020 | Blog
News & Announcements
September 2020 | Statement
As researchers and advocates for sexual and reproductive equity and justice, we grieve the devastating loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg was a trailblazer, champion, legal titan, reproductive rights advocate extraordinaire, and overall force. In the highest court...
September 2020 | Statement
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Today, Kelly Blanchard, President of Ibis Reproductive Health, released the statement below following a whistleblower complaint of an alarming number of hysterectomies without consent in an ICE facility. We are outraged to hear the reports from Nurse Dawn Wooten, the...
August 2020 | Blog
July 2020 | Statement
While last week’s Supreme Court decision struck down a Louisiana abortion law, hundreds of restrictive abortion laws remain on the books—a new online tool seeks to hold state lawmakers accountable for promoting women’s, children’s health. 07.09.2020 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today,...
July 2020 | Statement
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Today, Kelly Blanchard, President of Ibis Reproductive Health, released the statement below in response to the Supreme Court's decision on birth control coverage. “Today’s decision is a devastating loss and flies in the face of what we know to be true based on...
June 2020 | Blog
June 2020 | Statement
June 29, 2020 – With today’s decision, the Supreme Court has affirmed what we've long known, and what research from Ibis Reproductive Health and our colleagues helped codify into law four years ago: it is unconstitutional for states to impose medically unnecessary “admitting...
June 2020 | Statement
Ibis Reproductive Health stands in solidarity with our partners, communities, colleagues, families, and loved ones to condemn racism, and particularly racist violence committed by the police and others against Black people. We mourn the loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and so many...
February 2020 | Blog
February 2020 | Statement
In a just world, we would all have the resources we need—including information, services, supportive policies, and power—to make the best choices for ourselves, our families, and our communities, to choose whether and when to have children, and to raise those children with dignity. Yet...
November 2019 | Statement
At Ibis, justice and equity are core values that guide our research and partnerships and shape our vision for sexual and reproductive autonomy, choices, and health worldwide. In 2016, we launched work to ensure that Ibis’s work and approach are situated within a larger framework of racial...